Sir Vincent Kennett-Barrington was involved in providing humanitarian assistance to both sides in the Franco-Prussian War, after the armistice in eastern France, during the Carlist War in Spain, and other conflicts. A collection of letters home and to the National Aid Society from the front in Spain in the 1870s.

In 1659, Luis de Haro met with Cardinal Jules Mazarin to conclude a peace treaty that would end over twenty years of war. The hitherto unpublished letters sent by Haro to Philip IV offer an account of the negotiations that diverges from Mazarin’s reports. This edition offers a mix of the original letters and summaries, as well as explanatory notes.

When Georgianna Maynard went to Turkey in 1939 with her husband, Dick Maynard, she expected romance but found reality. The expected five year stay was extended to seven with the outbreak of World War II. The day-to-day struggle to cope with life as a young, married couple trapped in a foreign country is reflected by her correspondence home.

This edition will replace the long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern punctuation, of all known surviving letters, 240 in all, compared with Edwards' 160, in most cases taken from the original manuscripts, many never before published.

The decline of the Liberal party is one of the most controversial subjects in twentieth-century British politics, and this book makes a distinctive contribution to the debate by focusing on the South West, where Liberalism remained a powerful force after 1918.

Based on a rigorous, 9-year project at UCLA, will appeal not only to scientists but to everyone curious about what goes on at home in their neighborhoods. Will interest a range of designers, builders, and architects as well as scholars and students who research various facets of U.S. and global consumerism, cultural history, and economic history.

Companion to the 2009 exhibit, traces the life of Meresamun, whose mummy, dating to about 800 B.C., is one of the highlights of the Oriental Institute Museum. The study of the life of this individual is augmented by forensic evidence obtained with the newest generation of CT scanners that sheds life on Meresamun's life and death.